Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle 1 of St. John .
May his blessing be upon us.
Amen.
1 John 5 : 1 - 11
Chapter 5
| 1 | Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.
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| 2 | By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.
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| 3 | For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
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| 4 | For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith.
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| 5 | Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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| 6 | This is He who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.
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| 7 | For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
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| 8 | And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
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| 9 | If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son.
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| 10 | He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.
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| 11 | And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
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Do not love the world or the things in the world.
The world passes away, and its desires; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Amen.
